A mate of mine was part of the coaching staff this year that coached Corey and he thinks he is a star. That's good enough for me knowing my mate and him not saying that to many before.
I really hope for the club and for all us Tiger supporters that he is right.
Still would have gone Lavede but what would I know. Just think we need more outside run and leg speed. The part that hurts the most is he has gone to Essendon, which I f:;king hate more than..... Frances Jackson. 
Makes me wonder though if we are a massive chance to pick up Shiel next year did we need another 'one paced' inside mid?
Anyway what's done is done. 
Tone, not sure if you are inferring that shiel is one paced, in actual fact he is very quick and is versatile enough to play as either an inside or outside mid
From what I have seen of him he isn't overly quick, or doesn't use his pace if he is, and his kicking isn't elite like an A grade outside midfielders needs to be.
Don't get me wrong I'd have him in a heartbeat but think he is better suited as an inside mid doing some in and under work. That's why I would have preferred Leverde.
It's all mute at this stage but if we do get him as I said, I think an outside mid would have been a better pick this draft.
Just my opinion.
i sort of disagree a bit here tone.
i think the need was enormous for another big bodied inside mid. unfortunately for us the need for a super quick highly skilled hard running outside mid was just as great.
we took a big bodied inside mid with our first pick, like you if i was going mids it would have been laverde and blakeley. both were available at 12 and 33..
why i think the need for a inside mid. look no further than the list. it wasnt until miles came in that we could compete on the inside consitently, lose one of miles or cotch and theres just no one else at a similar inside level. we needed some quality depth in the area and hopefully we have got it.
in the end i opted for a tall with pick 12 as i think either durdin or lever would have been worthy at our pick. i like goddard a lot as well.. i also unlike most others think we desperately need quality talls as well as mids.
anyway like you i really liked laverde months before the draft,in the end as far as mids go it was down to de goey and laverde and i really didnt think either would get to us. de goey would have been great imo.
for me i would have been over the moon if we had somehow managed to take garlett. carlton gave him away. , snare frawley as a f/a and traded for hallahan who cost very little prior to the draft. i was very disappointed we didnt have a crack at any of em. then to follow up with at 12 and 33 laverde and blakeley it would have addressed a few issues.
we address sml fwd problem garlett,
we address kpd quality and depth. frawley. no need to take durdin, lever, or even goddard.
we add three mids all ready to go and address inside and outside needs. laverde, hallahan, blakeley.leaving 3 other nd picks to address needs. glad we took mckenzie as the area is another big need. i would have been keen to take kietel or oscar mcdonald as well.
as for ellis im still stumped and unsure.he could prove very astute but for me he was nowhere near best available at this pick and i think we could have addressed the inside need later with blakeley anyway.
